Golden Globes Spur Social Media Gains for Top Actors Chart

Dwayne Johnson leads the list, which ranks the most popular actors based on data from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google Plus.

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Dwayne Johnson’s appearance at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards helps him retain the No. 1 spot on The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Actors chart for an eighth week in a row, ruling at the top of the ranking dated Jan. 17.

The Top Actors chart is a ranking of the most popular actors on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google Plus, with global data provided by social media analytics company MVPindex. The chart's methodology blends social engagement on the platforms along with weekly additions of followers/subscribers. The latest tracking week ended Jan. 9.

Johnson is followed by multiple re-entries into the top 10 of the chart, led by Emma Watson, who makes only her second chart appearance (and first since August) by re-entering the Top Actors tally at No. 3.

Meanwhile, Dove Cameron (No. 11) and Gaten Matarazzo (No. 8) also re-enter the top 10 after having charted there previously, though both appeared on the Jan. 10-dated chart as well, having ranked at Nos. 11 and 20, respectively.

See the top 10 below (and for the full 25-position ranking, pick up the THR issue dated Jan. 17), and for more charts on The Hollywood Reporter, check out the Top Comedians and Top TV Personalities charts.

10. Kevin Hart

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Last week: 4

9. Jennifer Lopez

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Last week: 6

8. Gaten Matarazzo

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Last week: 20

Following in the footsteps of Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown, Matarazzo posted his own photo op with Drake to Instagram, garnering over a million likes in the process (8.9 million on his account overall, a 203 percent boost). “Nicest guy I ever met,” he wrote.

7. Noah Schnapp

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Last week: 7

6. Dove Cameron

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Last week: 11

“That Oprah speech will go down in history,” tweeted Cameron, who attended the ceremony and supported the Time’s Up movement with a black dress, “what an emotional night.” It was one of her top-performing posts, leading the way to 160,000 likes in all, up 189 percent.

5. Gal Gadot

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Last week: 9

4. Finn Wolfhard

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Last week: 3

3. Emma Watson

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Last week: -

In her first Instagram posts since June, Watson announced her support for the Time’s Up legal defense fund battling harassment, abuse and assault, posting multiple times about the fund and from the Golden Globes' red carpet, donning all black in solidarity. In all, Watson accrued 18 million Instagram favorites.